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Meredith GM Purge

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sinklair
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Meredith GM Purge

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The purging of General Managers at poorly run Meredith-soon-to-be-Gray TV stations has begun… even as the ink on Friday’s FCC has just begun to dry.

https://graytv.gcs-web.com/static-files ... 1c8c2befeb

Two notes of interest… WNEM GM Ken Frierson was not mentioned. That’s good news for WNEM since Ken knows the market snd staff. He (and News Director Jayne Hodak) seem to be doing a good job controlling some of the craziness that has hurt WNEM’s reputation in recent years. Hopefully, Gray sees that as well and keeps Ken around.

The other interesting development was former Gray/WJRT GM Pete Veto wasn’t named as a replacement. It was surprising that Gray gave up WJRT in the sale, but then kept Veto… who was universally despised by most in the Lapeer Road newsroom. I doubt he could be named as WNEM’s top spot since he knows too much about WJRT’s business model. But could Veto go to another Gray station like WOIO in Cleveland?

More announcements are expected before the December 1st transfer deadline.
jmeltonwx
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Re: Meredith GM Purge

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sinklair wrote: Mon Nov 15, 2021 3:36 pm The purging of General Managers at poorly run Meredith-soon-to-be-Gray TV stations has begun… even as the ink on Friday’s FCC has just begun to dry.

https://graytv.gcs-web.com/static-files ... 1c8c2befeb

Two notes of interest… WNEM GM Ken Frierson was not mentioned. That’s good news for WNEM since Ken knows the market snd staff. He (and News Director Jayne Hodak) seem to be doing a good job controlling some of the craziness that has hurt WNEM’s reputation in recent years. Hopefully, Gray sees that as well and keeps Ken around.

The other interesting development was former Gray/WJRT GM Pete Veto wasn’t named as a replacement. It was surprising that Gray gave up WJRT in the sale, but then kept Veto… who was universally despised by most in the Lapeer Road newsroom. I doubt he could be named as WNEM’s top spot since he knows too much about WJRT’s business model. But could Veto go to another Gray station like WOIO in Cleveland?

More announcements are expected before the December 1st transfer deadline.
Per a press release from Gray, Veto is heading down to Knoxville at Gray's WVLT. https://graytv.gcs-web.com/static-files ... 141e0696e1
smallwonder
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Re: Meredith GM Purge

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When's the Meredith news purge? I can't see most of the staff from 5 being retained by Gray.
turn up the radio! mighty in might!
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Re: Meredith GM Purge

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smallwonder wrote: Tue Nov 16, 2021 5:28 pm When's the Meredith news purge? I can't see most of the staff from 5 being retained by Gray.
LOL. Who they gonna hire smalls?
sinklair
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Re: Meredith GM Purge

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If 5 intends on keeping Ken and Jayne, I don’t imagine there will be wholesale changes in WNEM’s newscasts.

I feel bad for Knoxville. If Veto runs that station like he ran WJRT, there will be lots of unhappy employees there.
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